Jeffersonville parade launches holidays

The 18th annual James Dworetsky Holiday Parade was held Friday night on Main Street in Jeffersonville.

PHOTOS BY DAVID DOONAN |For the Times Herald-Record

The 18th annual James Dworetsky Holiday Parade was held Friday night on Main Street in Jeffersonville.

Each year, on the Friday after Thanksgiving, firefighters and ambulance corps members, business owners and Scouts parade down Jeffersonville's main street to celebrate the holidays and to remember James Dworetsky. A former chief of the Youngsville Fire Department, Dworetsky died one day after the first parade in 1995.

Parade traditions includes floats and fire trucks — followed by a visit by the kids with Santa at the Jeffersonville firehouse.